This grant program provides funding to eligible recipients to increase and support their capacity to improve the sustainability of our natural assets and/or protect and improve the biodiversity of Queensland's natural environments.

Projects funded will be those that fall into the following categories:

• Category 1
  • Grants of up to $15,000 to purchase general equipment such as items for weeding and revegetation activities, camera traps, PPE, and/or facility upgrades such as installation of efficient irrigation, water tanks, and garden sheds to support/improve an organisation's capacity to undertake environmental conservation activities.
• Category 2
  • Grants of up to $30,000 will be provided to deliver on-ground projects to safeguard Queensland's natural environment through activities which rehabilitate, protect and improve biodiversity and habitat.

The following are eligible to apply for a grant in their own right:

• properly established incorporated associations (incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981)
• Australian charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• properly established not-for-profit organisations registered including those registered under the Corporations Act 2001 or the Co-operatives National Law Act (must include evidence attached of constitution for not-for-profit organisations)
• Indigenous corporations incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwlth)
• Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies.

The following entities are eligible to apply for a grant with a project sponsor:

• unincorporated organisations
• unregistered charities and not-for-profit organisations.

• Phone: (07) 3330 6360
• Email: GEGrants@detsi.qld.gov.au